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# burnished

«burnished» in Mova's school dictionary: **polished until it shines brightly, like metal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; past form of the verb burnish (burnish, burnishes, burnished, burnishing)

### meaning for a pupil

Burnished means polished until it shines brightly, like metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnished/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

shining like polished metal, as in «burnished silver» or «burnished white or blue» for a blade

### examples

- The sun lit up the burnished silver spoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnished/#x1)
- He polished the blade until it was burnished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnished/#x2)
- The lake shone like burnished silver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnished/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «burnished» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnished/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.